Babylon

Honeybaby getta load of this
Heaven’s door is jammed
Kids these days don’t get phased
When the lion eats the lamb
Everything’s out of order
Everyone’s being used
There’s a whore on every corner
And she’s singing you the blues
She says…..

Babylon, put your clothes back on
Babylon, I’m gonna get you, get you, get you!

Sugarbaby get on down the line
Before you get the ax
I’ll drink up your blood like wine
And spit it on the tracks
And when you finally come around
with flowers in your hair
I’ll be on my thrown alone with loneliness to spare
I say,

Babylon, put your clothes back on
Babylon, I’m gonna get you, get you, get you!

I’m sailling through the flood
It’s raining raining blood
I’m knocking on that wood
But it ain’t doing no good
I’ll telephone my Father
But he’s long dead and gone
I know he’d say don’t bother
This will go on and on and on

Babylon, put your clothes back on
Babylon, I’m gonna get you, get you, get you!

Mister Miracle Mile

Preacherman coming to my door
He says he wanna buy my soul
He says he understands just who I am

Gideon living in his drawer
Sweeping up the dust on the killing floor
He says I am covered with the blood of the lamb

Don’t like the way you talk
Don’t like the way you smile
Don’t like the way you walk
Mister Miracle Mile

Businessman knocking on my door
Bets his bottom dollar he can sell me a war
He says he knows the perfect place to start

He gotta gun living in his drawer
I pray to God he don’t know what it’s for
I pary to God to save me from my heart

Don’t like the way you talk
Don’t like the way you smile
Don’t like the way you walk
Mister Miracle Mile

And he goes dancing in the rain
He doesn’t feel anybody’s pain
He takes his chances on a sword
His Devil dances with the Lord

Don’t like the way you talk
Don’t like the way you smile
Don’t like the way you walk
Tears like a crocodile
Mister Miracle Mile
Mister Miracle Mile
Mister Miracle Mile

Trouble In The World

If you’re feeling lonely
If you’re feeling sad
Act like you don’t know me
Make me feel bad
Call up my mother
Tell her I hurt you
Then call my father
He will desert you

Where are the people who stole my girl?
Please tell the people there is trouble in the world

The fields are burning
The air is cold
The tides quit turning
Love is worth less than gold
Well, I don’t know what to tell you
Maybe go home and write yourself a long long letter
And no, there’s nothing I can sell you
Maybe you’re never gonna feel better

Where are the people who stole my girl?
Please tell the people there is trouble in the world

Feeling Fine (w/ additional verses)

You gotta lotta nerve
to show up without calling first
I could be in the shower
doing laundry, cooking dinner.
How would you like it if
I stole your car and drove to Vegas
stayed up late while dancing naked
giving money to the wicked?

Oh me oh my
There are diamonds in your eyes
Oh me oh my
They shine
Oh me oh my
We are plotting our demise
And don’t you know I’m feeling fine
Feeling Fine
Feeling Fine

Sometimes when I’m stuck in traffic
The sun beats down and melts the plastic
I get to thinking kind of drastic
I get to thinking mean
I honk my horn and roll my eyeballs
Punch the wheel and call all you assholes
Living can be such a hassle
You know what I mean?

I hate when I’m watching telly
Eating crackers, cheese and jelly
You call up and wanna tell me
All that on your mind.
Girl at work is being nasty
Ma and Pa are acting crazy
In never ceases to amaze me
the troubles that we find.

I’ve been smoking like a chimney
I’m all out so gimme gimme
Happy people are my envy.
Happy people smile.
I don’t like the way they do me.
Woe is me so go and sue me.
If you only know and knew me
You would walk a mile!

Mother Nature is a hussy.
Giving life and being busty
Trust me when I say don’t trust me
I am on your side.
I’ll work for free and bee you keeper
I am not a heavy sleeper
I drink whiskey with the reaper
I am qualified.

Gone are days when hard work’s cherished
The working hands of man have perished
Maybe we should be embarrassed
Maybe we are doomed.
I am sure that I’m not certain
What’s behind that tricky curtain
I see plenty people hurtin’
We are being groomed.

I once heard my granpa mutter
Pull them thieves out from the gutter
Don’t put salt on wounded butter
And don’t do what I do.
Ain’t no man can take your beauty
Some words are just petty booty
Boy, you only have one duty:
Follow what is true.

Breakdown

I read books and I read signs
I count cards and I read minds
I can even read between the lines you feed
Take my pictures off your shelf
Replace me with someone else
Turn me into something you say you don’t need

Turn around
Turn around and…..

Break
Breakdown my heart
Break
Breakdown my…..
Tear it all apart
Break
Breakdown my heart
Break
Breakdown my heart

Something’s calling in the night
Sure looks good but it don’t feel right
Nothing’s ever black and white with you and me

Turn around
Turn around and….

Break
Breakdown my heart
Break
Breakdown my…..
Tear it all apart
Break
Breakdown my heart
Break
Breakdown my heart

Maybe Mexico

It’s early in the morning I’m driving in my car
I cannot read the signs so I’m following the stars
My hands are on the wheel, my heart is on my sleeve
I told you how I feel and you told me I should leave

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound, I don’t know
Maybe Mexico

The flowers on the hillside are waving in the wind.
They never go anywhere but they know where you’ve been
Crawling through the meadow, calling out my name
Well, if you’re feeling lonely, love’s the one to blame

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound, I don’t know
Maybe Mexico

This world is made of matchsticks, ready to be burned
You are not the same as all the things that you have learned
So fill your pot of gold and build your bed of nails
For the one who understands is the one who tries and fails

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound, I don’t know
Maybe Mexico

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound, I don’t know
Maybe Mexico
Maybe Mexico
Maybe Mexico

Slow Down, Love

I rode the bus into town today
It costs too much to drive my car
Sat by a girl nearly half my age
She held her heart inside a jar
I didn’t tell her anything
But I believe she heard me sing

Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
Slow down love
Slow down love
Well you know it’s not right
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
You’ve got nothing more than time
You’ve got nothing more than….

I rowed my boat to the edge of the shore
Got out and walked a million miles
Fell down face first at my enemy’s door
And all he did do was smile
He didn’t tell me anything
But I believe I heard him sing

Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down you worried mind
Slow down love
Slow down love
Well you know it’s not right
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
You’ve got nothing more than time
You’ve got nothing more than

Slip Away

How come it took so long a time
for me to be yours and you to be mine?
How come it took losing everything
to find out again what you mean to me?
Come on baby, please!

Slip away baby
Slip away oh darling
Slip away baby
Slip away with me

My hands are shaking, my heart is alert.
I might have been lying when I said it didn’t hurt
I never dreamed in all of my days
I’d be without all your loving ways

Slip away baby
Slip away oh darling
Slip away baby
Slip away with me

It’s the soft touch of your skin
All the places we have been
Tell me, do you remember when?
I said I love you
And you said you love me too.  Whoa!

Love is so simple, why complicate it?
You hire all your private eyes to investigate it
And when they can’t find what they’re looking for
I won’t say a word, I’ll just open up my door.
Come on baby, please!

Slip away baby
Slip away oh darling
Slip away with me
Slip away baby
Slip away oh darling
Slip away with me

Mighty Mighty River

Now one and one is two
and two and two is four
I gotta table with three legs
that won’t stand up on the floor.
But that’s alright with me
if that’s alright with you
we’ll do suppertime on the killing floor
just like a bloodhound do

And we’ll sail
Yeah, we’ll sail
Rain or shine
Sleet or hail
We’ll sail down the Mighty Mighty River!
Just you and me

I’ve got some hickory
Don’t make a mockery
Can I put my dickery
Down in your dockery
And no, this ain’t a joke
Yes, I am for real
I sold my soul for silver
And I’m turning it into steel

And we will sail
yes we will sail
Like a Hammer
To a Nail
We’ll sail down the Mighty Mighty River!
Just you and me

Now, everyone I know knows me as a man who keeps his cool
But what I know and they don’t see is that I’m just a fool
Oh but I’m sailing down the Mighty Mighty River just to be with you.

Now if you’re gonna kill somebody
let me tell you what I know:
Kill ‘em all with kindness
and show their ass to the door
Then take their hearts and bones
and stuff ‘em in the trunk
There ain’t no such thing as Jesus
just the Devil gettin’ drunk

And we’ll sail
Yeah, we’ll sail
Rain or shine
Sleet or hail
We’ll sail down the Mighty Mighty River!
Just you and me

Now one and one is two
And two and two is four
I bought a bed in Bedlam
and I made love to a whaaaaaa
But it ain’t what you think
I didn’t want nothing from her
We talked all night til’ we were red in the face
It was like a Royal Indian Summer!

And we’ll sail
yes we’ll sail
Rain or shine
Sleet or hail
Like a hammer
To a nail
Like a jumprope
Skipping bail
Like a boy
in the mouth of a whale
We’ll sail down the Mighty Mighty River
Just you and me
We’ll sail down the Mighty Mighty River
Just you and me

All I Want Is You

Four o’clock in the morning
Where you at love?
Where you at love?
I’ve been up late worrying
Where you at love?
Where you at love

I don’t need anybody to tell me where to be
To tell me what to do
I don’t need anybody to tell me what I want
When all I want is you

Rainclouds overhead
It’s getting dark love
It’s getting dark love
Woman in my bed
It’s getting dark love
It’s getting dark love

I don’t need anybody to tell me where to be
To tell me what to do
I don’t need anybody to tell me what I want
When all I want is you

Burn your bridge in the morning
I’ll be gone love
I’ll be gone love
The truth brings no fair warning
I’ll be gone love
I’ll be gone love

I don’t need anybody to tell me where to be
To tell me what to do
I don’t need anybody to tell me what I want
when all i want is you

Bad Blood

I’ve got bad blood and it seeps
through the streets in the city
to the rivers and the streams
It don’t know any other way
but to flow all day
and rain on your parade
Bad Blood
Bad Blood
It’s coming out my ears
It’s stealing all my years
Bad Blood

Woke up this morning on the wrong side of bed
with a bad mood rising inside my head
Saw a black door and I wanna paint it blacker
Saw a black girl she said, “You’s a crazy cracker.”
Bad Blood
Bad Blood
It’s coming out my eyes
It’s falling from the skies
Bad Blood

I just don’t know what to do with myself
Everywhere I go and everyone I know
They all live in heaven and here I am in hell

Showed up to class with a pencil in my hand
And the teacher said, “You can only use a pen.”
Well, I screamed at the top of my lungs
but the scream didn’t help and I still felt stung
Bad Blood
Bad Blood
Don’t reach out for me
I’m drowning in a sea of
Bad Blood

Chained

I love a woman
but she doesn’t love me
I should have listened
when she tried to tell me    
Now I’m chained
Oh I’m chained to her love

Early in the morning
Til’ late in the evening
I got that old lonely feeling
I’m chained
Yes, I’m chained to her love

Time goes by and time knows why you cry all of your tears
But time will never understand the love of a woman and a man
Time will never give you back your years….....

Next time I see her
I don’t want to feel her
Playing it cool
is the hand I will deal her

I don’t want to be chained
Don’t want to be chained to her Love
I don’t want to be chained
Don’t want to be chained to her Love

End Of The Line

Kiss me softly
Make it sweet like wine
‘Cause I’m going down easy
To the end of the line

Tell me your story
Made of memories so divine
And I’ll keep them close to me
At the end of the line

And I’m gonna cross that river with you
I’m gonna make you mine
Please believe me when all I say is true
Believe me when I say I’m trying

I will forgive your leaving
Let the healing be done by the hands of time
Oh excuse me if I’m still grieving
at the end of the line

I’m gonna cross that river with you
Oh I’m gonna make you shine
Please believe me when all I say is true
Believe me when I lie

Hold me in the morning
Straight on through to the evening time
And I won’t need no further warning
At the end of the line

New Kind Of Medicine

I want a new kind of medicine
cause the stuff I got ain’t doin’ anything
I want a different kind of dissonance
Sing me a song to remind me of my innocence

Oh Doctor Doctor
can you tell me who I am
I wake up every night
with blood and love upon my hands
I rearranged the name
of every ghost I know
and they still haunt me every night
no matter where I go  

I want a new kind of medicine
cause the stuff I got ain’t doin’ anything
I want a different kind of dissonance
Sing me a song to remind me of my innocence

Hold on Hold
Lookie here just one minute
I’m at the bottom of the bottom of another man’s ocean
and I don’t know how I got down in it.
And don’t pay no mind to what you find
to find out what it costs
to give up everything you thought
could keep you far from lost

I want a new kind of medicine
the stuff I got, it ain’t doin’ anything
I want a different kind of dissonance
Sing me a song to remind me of my innocence.

Blue

Baby, Baby won’t you let me.
Can’t you see I’m crazy?
Crazy for you.

Maybe, maybe you’ll forget me.
But I’ll remember what you gave me.
I’ll remember you…...

When I’m blue
So Blue
I will think of you.
I will think of you.
When I’m blue.

People, people talk about us.
They ask all kinds of questions
And I just turn away.

Places, filled with old familiar faces
All they just leave are traces.
And turn my days to grey…....

And Blue
So Blue
I will dream of you.
I will dream of you.

I guess I’ll be on my way back home, all alone.
But before I go, you should know
You were the truest love I’ve ever known.

That’s why I’m Blue
So Blue.
I still dream of you.
I still dream of you.
I still dream of you.

One Fine Day

It’s too cold to smoke
I’m too sad to joke
I went to the bank
but the bank was broke
so I’m coming back home to you

It’s too light to see
It’s too dark to be
alone by myself in my misery
so I’m coming back home to you

I got in my car
I fastened my belt
I turned on the heat
and let my cold heart melt
I’m coming back home to you

And all this time spent
telling ourselves lies
It means nothing to me
One fine day
the winds of change will carry us away
and we’ll sail together on the sea

So put on your hat
Put on your coat
If you’re gonna leave me
then leave me a note
‘cause I’m coming back home to you

Love, Rescue Me

There’s a long line down at the corner store
Waiting on another war
Waiting for the day
Where people see and colors bleed
and oh the mind of man is freed
so everyone can say

Love take my time
Walk my line
Don’t let me be
Love call my name
Ease my pain
Love, rescue me

Pin a heart upon a cross
Everything at any cost
Anything to stop the rain
Falling from your windowsill
We’ll dance the night away until
We feel that levee break

Love take my time
Walk my line
Don’t Let me be
Love call my name
Ease my pain
Love, rescue me

Trying hard to understand
what it means to hold a hand
and feel my sister’s skin
treat it like it was my own
alone in love in love alone
oh, can you see the shape i’m in

Love take my time
Walk my line
Don’t let me be
Love call my name
Ease my pain
Love, rescue me

Any Other Way

Any Other Way

Riding down the line on a dark dirt road
wondering where this life will go if I let go
If I let go

My favorite song’s playing on the radio
My hand is a bird in the wind I wil let go
I will let go

You found me at a time
Where I was running out of time
to say I love you
And I wouldn’t have it any other way

The merry go round at the county fair
is where I saw you standing there
so lovely so lovely so
You took me by the hand and you lead me to
try and understand what I never knew
was below me and above me

Well I found you at a time
Where my reasons didn’t rhyme
rhyme enough to say I love you
and I wouldn’t have it any other way

Lay me down at your doorstep
Take me to the river’s edge
If you don’t see me in the morning
don’t forget what I said

Well you found me at a time
where I’m looking for a sign
a sign that you will say that you love me
and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
yes you wouldn’t have it any other way
oh I wouldn’t have it any other way
yes I wouldn’t have it any other way

Dawn Til Dawn

I came to you today
There was no other way
I had to hear you say
that love don’t live here anymore
she crawled out my back door
went off to fight a war.

I wonder where you’ve gone
I’ve been singing the same sad song
from dawn til dawn

Light sneaks in through the cracks
covers all the tracks
of shadows falling down.
And you say, “Babe,
you’re making a mistake
You’re heart don’t have to break
these smiles don’t have to frown.

I wonder you where you’ve gone
And I walk this world alone
from dawn ‘til dawn

And our love will last forever
through dark and stormy weather
the way birds fly together
I will remember you
I will remember you

When the sun beats down on my face
Lines we once both traced
with hands made soft by grace

And I wonder where you are
And I walk this world alone
From dawn til dawn
dawn til dawn
dawn til dawn

I wrote this song about three years ago.  Actually, I wrote it and recorded in the same night.  It was done in my old home studio that I built at the place I used to work.  It was done late at night.  As I remember, I put the microphone between the vocals and the guitar so I could get both of them at the same time.  There wasn’t a lot of need to craft the tune.  It kinda came out as you hear it.  I played bass and shakers and did the backup vocals.  And that’s my friend Eli Amerson on the accordion.  I think it’s a pretty track.  Sad but pretty.  Enjoy.

copyright 2009 Jason Shannon Music (se busca music/ASCAP)

How come it took so long a time
For me to be yours and you to be mine?
How come it took losing everything
To find out again what you mean to me?
C’mon baby, please

Slip away, baby
Slip away, oh darling
Slip away, baby
Slip away with me

My hands are shaking, my heart is alert
I might have been lying when I said it didn’t hurt
And I never dreamed in all of my days
I’d ever be without your loving ways
C’mon baby, please

Slip away, baby
Slip away, oh darling
Slip away, baby
Slip away with me

It’s the soft touch of your skin
All the places we have been
Tell me do you remember when
I said I love you and you said you love me too?

Love is so simple.  Why complicate it?
You hire all your private eyes to investigate it
And when they can’t find what they’re looking for
I won’t say a word, I’ll just open up my door
C’mon baby, pretty please

Slip away, baby
Slip away, oh darling
Slip away, baby
Slip away with me

Once upon a time when I was a man
I played a part I didn’t understand
But I knew my lines and I knew ‘em good

I close my eyes and disappear
I’m in and out of being here
But I wouldn’t change it if I could

So sleep tonight
Out of mind and out of sight
Sleep tonight
May your dreams be filled with light

Somewhere along the way, I lost my head
I woke up in a stranger’s bed
With nothing on but a smile

Well, she sat beside me and held my hand
She said “True love is beyond command.
True love might take awhile…”

So sleep tonight
Out of mind and out of sight
Sleep tonight
May your dreams be filled with light

I believe it’s time for me to go
Go where I’ve never gone before
You’re leaving me a crazy dream of life after love
A world to walk and talk to the stars above

Now I know bodies grow old
And hearts, they fade away
You made me see
Freedom ain’t free
There’s a woman on my mind
There’s a woman on my mind

The candlelight is flickering again
Casting our shadows, we dance on the wind
And the only sound to be found after you’re gone
Are wheels on steel moving me on

Now I know bodies grow old
And hearts, they fade away
You made me see
Freedom ain’t free
There’s a woman on my mind
There’s a woman on my mind

Now I know bodies grow cold
And hearts, they fade away
You made me see
Freedom ain’t free
There’s a woman on my mind
There’s a woman on my mind

Now one and one is two
And two and two is four
I gotta table with three legs
That won’t stand up on the floor
But that’s alright with me
If that’s alright with you
We’ll do suppertime on the killing floor
Just like a bloodhound do

And we’ll sail, yeah we’ll sail
Rain or shine, sleet or hail
Yeah, we’ll sail down the mighty mighty river
Just you and me

I’ve got some hickory
Don’t make a mockery
Can I please my dickery
Down in your dockery?
And no, this ain’t a joke
Yes, I am for real
I sold my soul for silver
And now they’re turning me into steel

And we’ll sail, yeah we’ll sail
Like a hammer to a nail
Yeah, we’ll sail down the mighty mighty river
Just you and me

Now everyone I know knows me
As a man who keeps his cool
But what I know and they don’t see
Is that I’m just a fool

Now, if you’re gonna kill somebody
Let me tell you what I know
Kill ‘em all with kindness
Then show their ass to the door
And take their hearts and bones
And stuff ‘em in the trunk
There ain’t no such thing as Jesus
Just the Devil gettin’ drunk

And we’ll sail, yeah we’ll sail
Rain or shine, sleet or hail
Yeah, we’ll sail down the mighty mighty river
Just you and me

Now one and one is two
And two and two is four
I bought a bed in Bedlam
And I made love to a whoa….
But it ain’t what you think
I didn’t want nothing from her
We talked all night til we were red in the face
It was like a Royal Indian Summer

And we’ll sail, yeah we’ll sail
Rain or shine, sleet or hail
Like a hammer to a nail
Like a jump-rope skipping bail
Like a boy in the mouth of a whale
Yeah, we’ll sail down the mighty mighty river
Just you and me

I’m walking through the battlefield carrying a rose
The petals fall like raindrops on the road
I see a boy in shambles.  He’s trying to forget
He won all that he gambled and lost all that he bet

Can’t put a face on love
Can’t run a race with love
You can go to hell
And they will tell
You can’t erase love

The wind is ruled by whispers carrying the world
The highway is your mistress but the moonlight is your girl
She takes you by the hand and offers you a dance
She says, “Wrong or right, we’ll ride tonight.
There is no second chance.”

Can’t put a face on love
Can’t run a race with love
You can stare me down
Right out of town
But you can’t erase love

Can’t put a face on love
Can’t run a race with love
You can beg and steal
And forget how to feel
But you can’t erase love
You can’t erase love
You can’t erase love

It’s early in the morning, I’m driving in my car
I cannot read the signs so I’m following the stars
My hands are on the wheel, my heart is on my sleeve
I told you how I feel and you told me I should leave

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound, I don’t know
Maybe Mexico

The flowers on the hillside are waving in the wind
They never go anywhere but they know where you’ve been
Crawling through the meadow, calling out your name
Well, if you’re feeling lonely, love’s the one to blame

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound, I don’t know
Maybe Mexico

This world is made of matchsticks ready to be burned
Well, you are not the same as all the things that you have learned
So fill your pot of gold and build your bed of nails
For the one who understands is the one who tries and fails

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound, I don’t know
Maybe Mexico

And I’m going down that road
Where I’m bound….
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know

I got a call in the middle of the night
Picked up the phone and turned on the light
I said, “Hello, who is this?”
And a million voices came rushing through
They were red and white and black and blue
They said, “It is your innocence you miss.”

Where O Where
Where O Where
Where O Where are you tonight?

I got a letter from a friend of mine
Who went off to war and came home blind
He said, “You will never understand
What it’s like to point a gun against another’s heart.
The things I’ve done yeah they’re tearing me apart
Now I can’t go back inside.”

Where O Where
Where O Where
Where O Where are you tonight?

And we go running
From what we don’t understand
And we go running
Again

I saw a boy on the side of the road
He carried the weight of the world for a load
And there were no shoes on his feet
I offered him a ride back home and he looked into my eyes alone
And said, “There’s no one there I wish to meet.”

Where O Where
Where O Where
Where O Where are you tonight?

I rode the bus into town today
It costs too much to drive my car
Sat by a woman nearly half my age
She held her heart inside a jar

I didn’t tell her anything
But I believe she heard me sing

Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
Slow down love
Slow down love
Well you know it’s not right
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
Well you have nothing more than time
Well you have nothing more than….

I rowed my boat to the edge of the shore
Got out and walked a million miles
Fell down face first at my enemy’s door
And all he did do was smile

He didn’t tell me anything
But I believe I heard him sing

Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
Slow down love
Slow down love
Well you know it’s not right
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
Well you have nothing more than time
Well you have nothing more than….

I will not tell you anything
But I know in my heart
Someday we will sing

Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
Slow down love
Slow down love
Well you know it’s not right
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down love
Slow down your worried mind
Well you have nothing more than time
Well you have nothing more than time
Well you have nothing more than…..

Four o’clock in the morning
Where you at, love?
Where you at, love?
I’ve been up late worrying
Where you at love?
Where you at love?

I don’t need anybody
To tell me where to be
To tell me what to do
I don’t need anybody
to tell me what I want
when all I want is you

Rainclouds overhead
It’s getting dark, love
It’s getting dark, love
Woman in my bed
It’s getting dark, love
Whoa oh oh

I don’t need anybody
To tell me where to be
To tell me what to do
I don’t need anybody
to tell me what I want
when all I want is you

Burn your bridge in the morning
I’ll be gone, love
I’ll be gone, love
The truth has no fair warning
I’ll be gone, love
Yeah yeah yeah

I don’t need anybody
To tell me who to be
To tell me what to do
I don’t need anybody
To tell me what I want
when all I want is you

Welcome to the world
Here are your diamonds and your pearls
Now please pretend
Guard your life with your life
Though you know it may mean nothing
In the end

Hold your hands across the water
For the hands of sons and daughters
Amen

When you decide to leave
Take only what you need
And take it fast
And I know it’s hard to see
The dreams you once believed in
Never last

Hold your hands across the water
For the hands of sons and daughters
Amen

Oh, to be free
Where all you can see
Is light in front of you
In front of me

Hold your hands across the water
For the hands of sons and daughters
Hold your hands across the water
For the hands of sons and daughters
Amen
Amen
Amen

Take the rope around my neck and hang it from the tree
Take the anchor off my boat and throw it in the sea
Take the load off of my back and haul it ‘round the bend
Take the ransom of your heart and be my long lost friend

Everyone here in this room is looking for a sign
A lover for a lifetime or a piece of peace of mind
And the evidence is confident there’s nothing to defend
Take the ransom off your heart and be my long lost friend

Politicians make decisions no one understands
But it is of no consequence to the quieter demand
That you knock upon the door whose hinges only open in
Take the ransom off this heart and be my long lost friend

Frankie wrote a letter to her Johnny in the sky
She said, “Johnny, things are getting better round here but sometimes I still cry.
Oh, I got a job inside a clock and now I’m turning back the time.
I’m still trying to remember a long lost friend of mine.”

Preacherman coming to my door
He says he wanna buy my soul
He says he understands just who I am

Gideon living in his drawer
Sweeping up the dust on the killing floor
He says I am covered with the blood of the lamb

Don’t like the way you talk
Don’t like the way you smile
Don’t like the way you walk
Mister Miracle Mile

Businessman knocking on my door
Bets his bottom dollar he can sell me a war
He says he knows the perfect place to start
He gotta gun living in his drawer
I pray to God he don’t know what it’s for
I pray to God to save me from my hahahaha

Don’t like the way you talk
Don’t like the way you smile
Don’t like the way you walk
Mister Miracle Mile

And he goes dancing in the rain
He can’t feel anybody’s pain
He takes his chances on a sword
His devil dances with the Lord

Don’t like the way you talk
Don’t like the way you smile
Don’t like the way you walk
Tears like a crocodile
Mister Miracle Mile
Mister Miracle Mile
Mister Miracle Mile